Inside The Mind of a Killer: What We Know About Texas Shooter Devin Kelley

Devin Patrick Kelley, who police say killed 26 people Sunday when he opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, had been bounced from the Air Force on a dishonorable discharge and was also known as an atheist.

After leaving the church, Kelley was shot at by Stephen Willeford, 55. Willeford and local resident Johnnie Langendorff gave chase afterward.

No reason has been determined why Kelley singled out the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, which is about 20 miles southeast of San Antonio. Kelley was a resident of New Braunfels, Texas, roughly 35 miles from Sutherland Springs.

The San Antonio Express-News reported that Kelley had ties to the church through family members. Tackitt told CNN the gunman’s in-laws attended the the church “from time to time,” though they were not in attendance the day of the shooting.

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“He had a kid or two, fairly normal, but kinda quiet and lately seemed depressed. He was the first atheist I met. He went Air Force after high school, got discharged but I don’t know why,” said Patrick Boyce, who attended New Braunfels High School with Kelley

“I was just shocked,” he told The U.K. Daily Mail. “Still haven’t quite processed how he could have done that.”

“In (sic) in complete shock!” Nina Rose Nava, who went to school with the Kelley, posted in a Facebook comment published by The Daily Mail. “I legit just deleted him off my fb cause I couldn’t stand his post. He was always talking about how people who believe in God we’re stupid and trying to preach his atheism.”

“I removed him off FB for those same reasons! He was being super nagtive (sic) all the timd (sic),” Christopher Leo Longoria reportedly posted.

“He was weird but never that d— weird, always posting his atheist s— like Nina wrote, but damn he always posted pics of him and his baby — crazy,” posted Michael Goff.

“There were people I knew who stayed away from this guy for many reasons, which all make sense now,” posted Cord Eubank Brown, another former classmate.